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Love the llamas! And the donkeys are pretty cute, too. What a fun drawing and great real-life story.
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Interview & Giveaway With Laurie Wisbrun, Author of Mastering the Art of Fabric Printing and Design
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing licensed fabric designer, Laurie Wisbrun. Laurie has been with Spoonflower since practically our very beginning, and we've been thrilled bystanders as she has evolved from life on the "corporate hamster wheel" to success as a popular fabric designer. ...
Free fabric is always welcome :)
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Introducing Kona® Cotton: Premium Quilting-Weight Cotton from Spoonflower
As Kim hinted yesterday, we have some exciting news today plus a special giveaway! We're so pleased to announce the newest in Spoonflower's lineup of fabric choices: Kona® Cotton, a premium quilting-weight cotton by Robert Kaufman Fabrics. Our new quilting-weight cotton fabric balances a soft ...
Don't see the comment I wrote (and I forgot to put my username anyway...)
I got a rotary cutter and mat and "Sewing in a Straight Line" for Christmas, so I will make something out of there. Either a skirt for me, or a quilt for my little boy :)
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We're giving away a copy of Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross!
With Christmas chaos behind us at Spoonflower, we're finally getting to catch our breath, slow down, and consider our own creative projects again. I love this time of year actually, when everything seems to come to a sudden halt compared to the previous week's frenetic pace. (But don't worry...
Count me in! I'd love to shop til I drop on Spoonflower.
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Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Twelve: Two $100 credits for creating custom fabric
We made it! Today brings us to the twelfth and final installment of our 12 Days of Giveaways. Whew. Our last prize will consist of two $100 Spoondollar credits, to be awarded tomorrow morning to two fine folks. The winners will be able to use the credit to create their own fabric or to shop...
Those bundles sound like so much fun!
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Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day 11: Win Geek Fabric Bundles and Gutermann Thread
In the penultimate installment of our 12 Days of Giveaways we've assembled a very special set of treats. We've curated four geek fabric assortments, including a steampunk FQ bundle, a sci-fi FQ bundle, a science FQ bundle and an alt-aesthetic fabric bundle. With each of these fat quarter...
All these great books! Even without winning, I'm excited to add these to my "add to library" list!
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Spoonflower's' 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Nine: Colette Sewing Handbook + 3 yards cotton silk
Day nine in our holiday giveaway series bring us to one of my favorite new sewing books, The Colette Sewing Handbook by Sarai Mitnick, owner and designer of Colette Patterns. This beautifully crafted handbook features vintage-inspired patterns with simple and elegant details. Each of the ...
I would so love to win this book! Might put it on my Christmas list if I don't :)
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Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Eight: Win Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders book + 5 yards of custom fabric
It's Day Eight in our twelve days of holiday giveaways, and today we're gifting a copy of the brand new Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders sewing project book. Filled with 101 projects you can make with just one yard of fabric, you'll find patterns for all of the fabrics in your stash: quilt...
I'd love to win any of these, but especially the "Bloem" one - I have an expecting friend who's planning her nursery in those colors!
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Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Seven: Fabric Collections from Much-Loved Spoonflower Designers
We've reached the seventh installment of our twelve days of holiday giveaways, and today we offer three winners fat quarter bundles by three beloved Spoonflower designers. One winner plucks a bunch of fabrics from Bloem by Heather Dutton of Hang Tight Studio. In citrusy greens, calm blues a...
Love this giveaway! So useful!
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Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Six: Win a set of Spoonflower Color Maps & Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Welcome to Day Six of the 12 Days of Giveaways in which we eschew geese-a-laying in favor of something much more practical: color maps. We're offering a full set of Spoonflower color maps, one on each of the different types of fabric we offer. A color map is an essential tool for using a d...
Wow! Another incredible giveaway!
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Four: Win a Wacom Bamboo digital drawing tablet
For Day Four of our 12 Days of Giveaways, we've decided to send one lucky person a Bamboo Capture digital drawing tablet, a tool that allows artists to draw and create directly on the computer easily as well as to manipulate and correct digital photos and scans of hand drawn artwork. Comme...
I asked for a rotary cutter for Christmas :) This would be the perfect complement to that!
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways: Day Three -- Win a surprise holiday fabric bundle from our favorite designers
To celebrate Day Three in our twelve days of holiday giveaways, we're giving three lucky fabric lovers surprise fat quarter bundles in holiday-inspired fabrics designed by some terrific Spoonflower designers. Printed on our limited edition cotton poplin fabric, these mixed bundles feature de...
Just what I need, another crafting gadget! ;)
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways: Day Two - win a Simplicity bias tape maker!
Welcome to day two in our twelve days of holiday giveaways! Today we're excited to offer Simplicity's new bias tape maker. Create custom bias tape and quilt binding simply and quickly with this crafting power tool. Comment on this post (or on the link to this post on our Facebook page) to ...
Not sure my comment posted before... Winning a giveaway would really brighten this cold and windy day!!
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways
While the merry Spoonflower crew is busy printing the fabrics you need to make your gifts, we're kicking off twelve days of giveaways to give you the chance to win gifts of your own this holiday season! Check back every day through December 12th to win beautiful fabrics designed by the Spoonf...
Winning a giveaway would really brighten this cold and windy day!
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways
While the merry Spoonflower crew is busy printing the fabrics you need to make your gifts, we're kicking off twelve days of giveaways to give you the chance to win gifts of your own this holiday season! Check back every day through December 12th to win beautiful fabrics designed by the Spoonf...
You have such great giveaways! I'd love a copy of this book!
Border Print Tutorial: True Up's Kim Kight launches her book blog tour at Spoonflower!
We at Spoonflower are beyond thrilled to have one of our favorite "fabric obsessed" bloggers, Kim Kight, making a first stop on her book blog tour here today. In case you're not a regular reader of Kim's wonderful blog True Up--and you should be!--she has a fantastic new book out, A Field Guide...
I definitely need to increase my fabric stash! :) Love that these awesome designers are getting contracts through their work on Spoonflower!
An Interview with Samarra Khaja, Spoonflower designer gone pro with Timeless Treasures
Those of you who have followed the Spoonflower fabric-of-the-week contests for even a few months probably don't need an introduction to prolific designer Samarra Khaja, aka Sammyk. Samarra has a light-hearted design style coupled with a great sense of both humor and color, and she's won ou...
I love her fabrics! Of course, with a 4-month old baby boy in the house, it's much harder to find time to sew... But the fabric would eventually find its way into decor for his room :)
Also, I think there should be a contest for cut-and-sew cloth baby books!
An interview with Patty Sloniger, our favorite bugs-in-a-jar fabric designer
Those of you who have been with Spoonflower awhile will likely remember our Project Selvage contest from early this year, and Patty Sloniger as the winner. Stephen had the pleasure of meeting Patty and her husband in person at Quilt Market a couple of weeks ago and posted a few photos of her b...
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